Would that be cache memory?

Interested in how Apple manufactures cache memory? Me, neither. But the geniuses on the Yahoo! front page think you might be:

Ha-ha. I kid. I am a kidder. I know the brain trust that is yahoo.com really meant to write cachet. And that they probably don’t know that cache is pronounced “cash” and cachet is pronounced “cash-ay.” A cache is a hiding place or the storage buffer in the central processing unit of a computer. Cachet is “a mark or quality, as of distinction, individuality, or authenticity.”

With a mistake like that, it’s no wonder that Yahoo! has lost any cachet that it once had.

Cache memory

Why can’t the writers at Yahoo! remember that cache is a hiding place for storing goods or the goods themselves? The word doesn’t have the same cachet as cachet:

This reminder comes courtesy of Yahoo! Shine.

It just keeps getting worse

It starts off bad and just gets worse in this article about the auction of Liz Taylor’s jewelry on Yahoo! Shine:

Cache (pronounced cash) is a hiding place or a computer’s storage buffer (hence the term cache memory). The word the writer wants is cachet, which is a mark or quality of distinction or individuality.

Perhaps her issues with the English language is a lifelong problem:

It might explain the writer’s difficulty with finding the right word:

Ms. Taylor did not inherit a diamond brooch from the Duchess of Windsor, as implied by the misused passed down.

Using a dollar sign and the word dollar isn’t the worst mistake a professional writer could make. Not being able to count beyond 2 is considerably worse:

The bid on the necklace didn’t skid into double digits (that would be somewhere between $10 and $99), but into eight digits. It was the number of millions that went into double digits. But that’s not the worst of this article.

Waiting for the worst? Here it is:

There’s an incorrect hyphen after the adverb highly, followed by the redundant in addition and also. A mysterious bit of an insult to Ms. Taylor ensues with the “hopelessly garish romantic” (I have no idea what that means, but I suspect it means the writer doesn’t know the definition of garish). The undercapitalized foundation (it’s part of the name of the nonprofit organization), and the allegation that AIDS is a virus (it isn’t). Will someone explain to me how diamonds pave a legacy? Did she mean they cemented her legacy? Yeah, ’cause that’s like paving.

The cachet of a writer

There’s a certain cachet to being a writer — but only if you’re a good writer. The writer of this article on Yahoo! Shine lacks the required quality that would give her that distinction.

There’s no glory in misspelling model Bar Refaeli’s name:

Nor in misspelling trophy in a photo caption:

So let’s look at another of her mistakes to see if she deserves the cachet of a writer:

Nope. And it’s confirmed. She still can’t spell Bar Refaeli:

Writing doesn’t get its shine without a little proofreading and editing. Perhaps she’d earn a bit of shine with a little support from someone who knows the difference between a possessive pronoun and a contraction:

More cachet-killing errors?

I don’t care how wealthy he is, if he’s a hotelier, he doesn’t get special treatment. His cachet? Perhaps it’s his ability to use the correct word. And maybe he’s really well-dressed. And maybe this writer hasn’t earned the cachet of a writer.

Cache just doesn’t have any cachet

There’s no hiding from this misused word from a Yahoo! Music blog:

Cache (pronounced cash) is a hiding place or a computer’s storage buffer (hence the term cache memory). The word the writer wants is cachet, which is a mark or quality of distinction or individuality.

Paris Hilton’s cachet loses something

It’s the letter T. The letter that can turn a regimen into a regiment and cache into cachet. Yahoo! TV’s Primetime in No Time confuses the hiding place with a mark of distinction:

Also lost is the hyphen in long-term. And in an increasingly common omission, the comma before Paris is gone. When you’re addressing someone, even Ms. Hilton, set off the name with a comma or two.